Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-24

cold will so numb them that they will
not be able to reach the hive again, and
thus thousands of them will perish.
1857.
On the second day of May next, there
will be opened, in London, an exhibition
exclusively American in character, which
in its purposes and results promises to be
of great commercial importance. While
not under the patronage of the govern
ment of the United States it will be es-
sentially national in its scope, and illus
trate the marvellous growth of the coun>
try from its early days to the present
time. The advance in art aud science,
the improvements IN machinery and the
methods of agriculture, the natural pros
ducts of the soil, everything in fact that
demonstrates the variety and magnitude
of our industrial resources, and the skill
and ingenuity of our artisans, will fiud an
appropriate place in the great picture 1t
will be an exhibition calculated to arouse
fresh interest among the capitalists and
merchants of the old world, bring them
face to face with progressive events that
are new and suggestive, and thus stimu>
late the export trade of the United States
and the further development of their
wealth, Such potential results are
worthy of the efforts that practical men
during the past three years have been
striving to achieve. The story of their
labors is briefly told
First, securing the necessary title as an
association under the English laws. they
leased at a nominal rent some twenty
three acres in the heart of London, pene-
trated by three of its principal RAILWAYS,
and promptly began the construction of
the mammoth buildings necessary for the
display. These, in themselves, By reason
of their novelty in design and construc
ion, will be peculiarly attractive to eu>
gineers and builders. The entire frame
work is composed of steel rails such as
are used on railways, and being braced
back to back with the T side on the ex-
terror, then covered with glass and corru>
gated iron, they constitute unique fire
proof editice that is not only cheaply and
quickly erected, but becomes marketable
again when taken down Several hun.
dred public spirited Englishmen, repre-
senting the best elements of English
growth. finding that the Yankees" as
they call US, were pushing the enterprise
to a rapid completion, now organized a
great Council of Welcome, and instead
of regarding the work with Jealous eyes,
are generously giving to it their moral
support.
On this side of the Atlantic, the direc-
tors are busy in making allotmeuts of
space to those who have applied Ar
rangements have been made with steam-
ship companies for the transportation OF
goods direct to the door of the exhibition
building; and regulations have been pre-
pared which furnish to the intending eX>
hibi,ors all desirable information on the
subject. The latter may be had from
the main Offices, ZOE Chestnut street
Philadelphia, or from Mr.. John Gilmer
Speed, secretary OF the exhibition, Stew
art building. New York.
Among the prominent features of thu.
vast display will be those presented by
several of the great railways of America
illustrating their methods of construction,
the comfort and completeness of which
are the admiration OF travellers; aud
showing in the freight they carry. the
wonderful mineral and agricultural pro
ducts of the regions through which theF
run The artists o: the country, no
matter what may be their work, whether
with brush or pencil on paper. enamel,
metal, or cloth, will be represented by an
extensive collection, special pavilion
being set apart for this purpose. Mean
while, until ready for shipment, this class
of exhibits, if properly packed will be
stored by the directors in safety deposit
vaults.
The Earl of Dunraven and the Earl OF
Mayo are among committee of thirty
gentlemen who are collecting all the
purely American hunting trophies owned
in England By the gentlemen sp0rtsmen
who have crossed the Atlantic to kill big
game, and will place them at the disposal
of the council for exhibition.
Buffalo Bill" will also be present with
his Wild West specialties in the shape
of rough~riding COW. boys, bucking bron
chos, aud untamed Indians. In short,
the exhibition will be America in min
iature," and our stolid English cousins
will enjoy the luxury of genuine sens
sation.
Looking around the twenty-three acres,
their eyes will rest ON the wonders of the
Yosemite and Yellowstone; the gigantic
fruit of the Golden state, the human-lke
automata that sweep the wheat fields of
the west; the mammoth vegetables that
leave holes in the ground big enough for
cellars; fossils with strange geological
histories; ores, minerals and precious
stones from our mountains; cotton pass
ing from the field to the fabric; the food
we eat and fluids we drink; the light we
burn and the heat that warns us; the
cradles we are rocked in and the collins
we are buried in; the rolling palaces in
which we span the continent and the
weapons with which we use to shoot
buffalo and deer while Swimming across
the prairies-all these and thousand
other things will be there to make the
foreigner feel as if he had been invited to
a banquet Of marvels. Who can doubt
that such an exhibition will be of surpass-
ing INTEREST,"